The Reactions of Unbelief to Samson

In this essay, we analyze the reactions of the Philistines to Samson's attacks upon them, and with them the responses of Samson's own brethren. The import of these reactions and responses can be grasped only in the light of the following considerations. Samson, as was said, was wonderfully strong, physically; but no statement occurs indicating that he was big and course, a man of giant stature. There is every reason to believe that he was a man of ordinary build. This explains the inability of...